Utility functions

1. ⇒ أيض ⇒ آض

آضَ, aor. يَئِيضُ, inf. n. أَيْضٌ, i. q.عَادَ; (ISk, Ṣ, M, Mṣb,* Ḳ;) as in the phrase آضَ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ[He returned to the thing, i. e. to the doing of the thing; he did the thing again, or a second time]. (Ḳ.)

Root: ايض - Entry: 1.―Signification: A2

And i. q.رَجَعَ; (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ;) as in the phrase آضَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ[He returned to his family]. (Ṣ, M.)

Root: ايض - Entry: 1.―Signification: A3

In the phraseفَعَلْتُ كَذَا أَيْضًا↓, the last word is the inf. n. of آضَ in the sense of عَادَ, (ISK, IDrd, Ṣ, M, Mṣb,*) and in the sense of رَجَعَ: (IDrd, M:) and the meaning is, [I did such a thing again, or a second time;]I returned to the doing of such a thing:(IDrd, M:) or I did such a thing returning to what had preceded.(Mṣb, Ḳ.*)[It also, and more commonly, signifies I did such a thing also.] When one says, فَعَلْتُ ذٰلِكَ أَيْضًا↓[I did that again,, &c.], you say,قَدْ أَكْيَرْتَ مِنْ أَيْضٍ↓[Thou hast made much use of the expressionأَيْضًا], andدَعْنِى مِنْ أَيْضٍ↓[Let me alone and cease from using the expressionأَيْضًا]. (ISk, Ṣ.)

Root: ايض - Entry: 1.―Signification: A4

أَيْضٌ also signifies ‡ A thing's becoming another, or a different, thing; and being changed from its state or condition[to another and a different state or condition]: (Lth, Ḳ:*) so says Kh. (Ḥam p. 356.) And آضَ كَذَا ‡ He, or it, became such a thing.(Lth, Ṣ, M,* Ḳ.) You say, آضَ سَوَادُ شَعَرِهِ بَيَاضًا(A, TA) ‡ The blackness of his hair became whiteness.(TA.) And Zuheyr says, speaking of a land which he traversed,

* قَطَعْتُ إِذَامَاالآلُ آضَ كَأَنَّهُ *

* سُيُوفٌ تُنَحَّى سَاعَةً ثُمَّ تَلْتَقِى *

[I traversed, when the mirage, or the mirage of the morning, became as though it were swords which were removed a while, then met]. (Ṣ.)